It’s Your “Wildest Dreams” Coming True With This Candlelight Tribute To Taylor Swift

Ormond Hall will be lit up with the light of hundreds of candles for this Tay Tay tribute on strings. Enjoy a night out with friends, a tranquil evening, or find "the 1" to go with.

Marco Ruiz - Editor • March 22, 2023

string quartet on stage surrounded by heaps of candles — Image: Supplied / Candlelight

With eight number-ones and 30 top-ten songs in the US charts, Taylor Swift has become one of history’s best-selling artists of all time. But this Candlelight concert sees her hits, including “Shake It Off” and “Lover”, reimagined for a string quartet for renditions quite unlike the originals. Add hundreds of glowing candles in Ormond Collective’s stunning Ormond Hall and you’re setting yourself up for an “Enchanted” evening.

Taylor’s chart-topping hits are more than “safe and sound” in the talented hands of the Invictus Quartet. The classically-trained string quartet will transform music from Tay’s earlier country music days to her alternative, electro-folk album Folklore.

This Candlelight tribute to Taylor Swift will light up your night.

Candlelight Tribute to Taylor Swift

Swifties are more than fans, they are worshippers of a musical icon. They have embraced every artistic reinvention, and are always welcoming more. With 12 Grammy awards, 10 studio albums, and a world tour underway, Miss Swift is showing no signs of slowing down. Candlelight’s glow has spread from classical greats to contemporary icons and with this upcoming tribute to Taylor Swift fans will get to experience stirring renditions of their favourite songs in lieu of the actual Tay Tay tour.

From “Lover” to “Blank Space”, “Cardigan” to “Love Story”, two violins, viola and a cello will recreate the highs and lows of each of Tay Tay’s songs. And thanks to the range, dynamism and timbre of these classical instruments, it will almost be as if an “Invisible String” is connecting the originals with the tributes. You’ll be speechless hearing her music in a new light or you could find yourself lip-syncing along to every word you know off by heart.

As the Candlelight concert lights up Ormond Hall, Invictus Quartet will make their instruments sing for a sublime performance. The gorgeous space transforms into a glowing oasis with hundreds of candles flickering. There will be two back-to-back performances on the night, the first one starting at 6:30 pm and the later one at 8:30 pm.

Tickets, “You Belong With Me”.

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